Friday 10 May 2013

The right prefer pr or they are insane

If people consent to the government then democracy makes no difference and is simply an endorsement of the state. Democracy is pertinent only if the people do not like the government. So democracy is either liberating or it is neutral. It can never be a bad thing for the state to require a mandate from the people. So we can deduce that the 'left' will have less to gain from democracy than the 'right' who are more interested in rejecting the government. People who endorse and identify with the state will not be too interested in democracy. It is anarchists and other anti-statists who have the most to gain from being given a vote. If we can describe these groups as being on the right then democracy is bad only for the left not the right. Democracy is nothing but helpful to the right and the right should have no reason to reject or suppress democracy. To suppress democracy is not right-wing. So given that fptp is less democratic than pr we can say that anyone who rejects pr (in favour of fptp) is not right-wing. Only pr is tolerable to the right and it is only the right who are oppressed by fptp. There are some people who deny that fptp influences voting behaviour and claim that it has no bearing on political outcomes. If we think fptp is the same as pr we will be indifferent between the two. But if we do not deny that fptp makes a difference to politics then to support it (and reject pr) means that we can only be on the left. If we prefer fptp to pr then we either deny that it makes a difference or we are on the left. No one on the right (who recognises that fptp is pertinent) prefers fptp. The right either prefer pr or they are insane.

No comments:

Post a Comment